10:26 Then Joshua executed them 1 and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.
10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. 2 They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) 3
1 tnHeb “struck them down and killed them.”
2 sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.
3 tnHeb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.